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Historical Event on 11/2/1774
Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1987 | Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died. |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 1/23/1993 | Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die. |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 7/24/1932 | Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
| 1/25/1988 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987). |
| 2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 9/6/1995 | New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. |
| 4/8/1998 | India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal. |
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